Mop.



mop construction hereinafter .described and CORINNE MAUDE GLEVELAND, OF NEWTON, MASSAGHUSETTS.

WOP.,

No. 828,&78.

Specification of Letters 'Patent Patented Aug'. 21, 1906.

Application filed December 13, 1905. Serial ITu 291559.

To (ill Be it known that whom, it may ?CON/067771:

I, CORINNE MAUDE .GLEVELAND, a citizen of the United States,

residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvenients in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a mop composed of strands or threads of fibrous material disposed in. such manner as to form a relatively solid and durable woven neck adapted 'to be engaged by the clamping members of a mop head or holder and. absorbent portions constituting the acting part of the mop, the said absorbent portions being composed of loosely-assembled threads which are extensionsiof the weft members of the said fabric and extend from opposite ends of the neck formed by said fabric.

The invention consists in the improved clamed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a lan view of the inside ofa mop constructed in accordance with my invention the same being unfolded or eXtended. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts through out both views of the drawing&

My improved mop comprises elongated parallel threads' which are Jpreferably arranged in bnnches or strands 5 5.` The centr'al portions of the strands 5 5 constituteweft members' oi' a woven fabrc which is formed by interweaving with the said central portions warp-threads 7. 7. The ends of the warp-threads are extended beyondthe edges of the said woven fabric; and with said extended ends are interwoven weft-threads 5 5' these forming with the-extended portionsof'the warp-threads selvage edges or tabs, which are much thinner than the body portion of the woven fabric, because the weft members of said selvage-tabs are compose of single threads 5', whereas each of the weft members of the body 'portion of the woven l fabric is' composed of a bunch of threads forming a strandl The elongation of the strands 5 5 is suc that the loose unwoven end portions 6 6 of the strands are considerably longer than the intermediate portions which form the weftmembers of the fabric,

the said unwoven portions 6 6 constituting thck absorbent fringes of. ample length pro: 1

jecting fabric. bled, as above described, the selvage edges from opposite ends of the woven After the threads have been assemor tabs are brought together and unted by stitches 11 or otherwise, thus converting the woven fabric into a 'tubular neck which is of double the thickness of the fabric and is adapted to be engaged with the clamping members of a mop head or holder.

It will be seen that the strands 5 5, each composed of a plurality of threads and .united at their central portions by the warpthreads 7 constitute a mop the actin portion of which is composed of loose bunc es of threads, the bunches being of such bulk and thickness that they constitute an efi'ective mop adaptcd to absorb large quantities of water and to be freely used 'without liability of scarring mop-boards, &0. The selvagetabs forming the edges of the woven fabric enable the fabric portion to be converted into a strong and durable t bnlar neck, the said tabs also firmly anchoring the end portions of the wei't-th'cads and reventing any possibility of the raveling o the fabric.

I have shown rows of stitching 9 9 extending transversely across the mop between the of the strands 5. essential, however, and may be omitted.

I claimn A mop oomprising elongated Parallel threads arranged in bunches or strands, warpthreads interwoven with the central portions of the strands and forming therewith a woven iabric, of which the central portions of the str'ands constitute the weft members, and weft-threads parallebwith the strands' and ends of the woven portion and' the outer ends These stitches are not interwoven w'th `the end portions of the warp-threads to form' selvage edges or tabs on said fabric, the said tabs bein brought' together and united to Convert t e woven iabric into a mop-holder engaging tubular neck, from the opposite ends of which the i free or unwoven end portions of said strands e ARTHUR' H. WELLMAN, V EDwrN CooK LEWIS.

eXtend and form the acting portion of the' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set s, 

